Everton Youth Teams Thread

Everton u23s top of the group and already through to the next round play away to watford u23s 7pm ko, Watford need to win to be certain of going to next round otherwise the winner of Plymouth u23s v Fulham u23s Tuesday will go through


EVERTON U23S
Tyrer, John, Joe Anderson, Onyango, Astley, Ouzounidis, Mampala, Denny, Quirk, Hughes, Simms
Subs: Branthwaite, Hansen, Dobbin, Higgins, Jonathan Anderson


WATFORD U23S
Bachmann, Barrett, Spencer-Adams, Perkins, Green, Quina, Dele-Bashiru, Whelan, Crichlow, Cassidy, Peñaranda.
Parkes (GK), Phillips, Hinds, Hungbo, Dalby.
Players like Onyango, Quirk and John are generally with u18s, yes? Have they been promoted, or is it just because this is a dead rubber?
 
Players like Onyango, Quirk and John are generally with u18s, yes? Have they been promoted, or is it just because this is a dead rubber?
John is too old for u18 so is close to being a regular, Quirk has played frequently of late , Onyango mainly coming off the bench but has started a few. Rhys Hughes normally captains the u18s , this may be his first or second start at U23s . Liam Higgins and JON Anderson appearing in the squad for the first time.
 
Everton u23s beat watford u23s 1-0 with simms scoring that late winner,i am sure that will mean that watford are out the premier league cup no matter what score or who wins that Plymouth u23s v Fulham u23s now--Everton u23s next game is away to chelsea u23s a week monday and i think its still live but chelsea still have it as the date/day it was changed from-the friday previously
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3rd placed Everton u18s are back in action tomorrow v bottom placed sunderland who have a perfect record this season of played 13 lost 13 and as said last week have only won 4 games all comps in 2 years with one of them been Everton april 2018,there last win was end of august and they have not won a home game since april last year-this is the final game of the run of 4 away 3 of them in the league before they finally have a home game v man utd next week [29th feb] before an away game 2 weeks later at Liverpool 14th march-both the man utd and liverpool games are Live
 

Everton u23s beat watford u23s 1-0 with simms scoring that late winner,i am sure that will mean that watford are out the premier league cup no matter what score or who wins that Plymouth u23s v Fulham u23s ends now--Everton u23s next game is away to chelsea u23s a week monday and i think its still live but chelsea still have it as the date/day it was changed from-the friday previously
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3rd placed Everton u18s are back in action tomorrow v bottom placed sunderland who have a perfect record this season of played 13 lost 13 and as said last week have only won 4 games all comps in 2 years with one of them been Everton april 2018,there last win was end of august and they have not won home game since april last year-this is the final game of the run of 4 away 3 of them in the league before they finally have a home game v man utd next week [29th feb] before an away game 2 weeks later at Liverpool 14th march-both the man utd and liverpool games are Live

Another last minute winner and a debut assist for Higgins
 
Another last minute winner and a debut assist for Higgins
If i am right that goal cost watford big time as they will now as said be out if i am right, a draw for watford would have needed that other game to end a draw for watford to go though- a win for them tonight and they would be through -Didnt sound or look like going by stuff said about the game that it was the best
 

David Unsworth described Ellis Simms as "superb" after the striker scored a second 90th-minute winner in as many matches as Everton Under-23s beat Watford 1-0 in a Premier League Cup clash on Friday night.

With time ebbing away at St Albans FC, debutant Liam Higgins fed Simms on the right and he produced a precise finish for his 12th goal of the season.

Everton had already qualified for the Premier League Cup knockout stages prior to the match but the result means the young Blues have now won their past three matches in all competitions.

“I’m not even going to talk about Ellis's goal, I am going to talk about his performance,” said Unsworth.

“He was absolutely superb. His hold-up play, his threat, his power and his link-up play were exceptional.

“The stuff we’ve worked with him on since pre-season, he is now bringing into this game and I am so proud of him. When you apply yourself the way that Ellis has you reap the rewards.

“It was nice for Liam to get an assist. He’s come into the group and trained with us and I’ve liked him straight away.

"He’s hungry. I asked him if he wanted to come on and he said ‘yes’ and I asked if he could play right midfield and he said ‘yes’. I don’t know if he ever has [played there before] but he was terrific and it was a great pass for the goal.”

Prior to that moment of quality, the game appeared to be heading for a goalless draw.

Tyler Onyango was denied early on by Daniel Bachmann in the Watford goal – the keeper diving bravely to stop the young midfielder’s effort after an excellent free-kick delivery from Rhys Hughes.

Hughes wasn’t too far away himself on 38 minutes when he created some space on the edge of the box and curled his shot just wide.

The same player could have scored a couple of minutes after the break but he didn’t strike his close-range effort cleanly enough and it was comfortably saved by Bachmann.

On 74 minutes, Manasse Mampala skipped past a couple of challenges only to see his final effort smothered by the keeper.

At the other end, Blues keeper Harry Tyrer was a relative spectator. Watford did have efforts on goal they were off target for the most part.

Venezuelan striker Adaberto Penaranda drilled a low shot into the side netting midway through the second half but by and large the Blues rearguard was untroubled.

“I can’t speak highly enough of the young players tonight,” said Unsworth.

“We made some changes and gave some young players an opportunity and they didn’t let us down. Watford had an experienced side for this level of football, so that shows you how well we performed.
 

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